The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-09-15

"Adieu, dear little Hortcnsc! I shall
never sec you again." he murmurcd,
softly.
. 1T was indeed n final separation.
Ihey never met again. No tidinm,
passed from one TO the other. Arnim
had scarce entered the university when
his parents died, thus Scvrrinr every
link with the old hcmr Serious student
years absorbed him. His powerful in.
clination toward medicine had made
him Il physician despite his fathers
protest.
He had scarce graduated when he
made the acquaintance of II wealthy
Russian, i'll with inflammation of the
lungs. This happened as h" was about
to settle down in his native town with
II view of building up y practice there
HN had the good fnrtup" to cure this
foreigner who, grateful for his rccov-
"rn,> and touched 10y the decided fond
s OF his half-grown son for the
un@ doctor, invited him to share
%1uth"rn travels is, family phv-
ai"l German tutor. In this way
" great dral of the wurld
At thc solicitation of his new
as, he settled iii Russia. Evcrv-.
Vhere he had taken with him the lace
handkerchief of the charming Hor-
tense. After the lapse of thillv wears
when, as busy, successful physician
he had lived Il life Tar removed from
mat youthful idyl, h& still cherished
1t rs i precious mrmrnto.
Ills hcart remained STRANGELY I'M
touched by love. Nut that he had
striycn against the charm of wom-
ans beauty or gone out of the
way of that spell old as creation
itself Still no woman had awak-
"ned in him more than passing inter
est When he pondcrcd over this I'M
usual reality, Il have no time for love, "
was the refrain of all his thoughts,
"and without love there is no happiness
i'll MARRIAGE
A woman had always presided over
his bachelor household. Ivan rlunr TO
him with canine fidelity. and wears
passed without his noting The SwifturSs
of their flight. Little hy little there
had awakened in his heart longing
for his native land, for the quiet of that
quaint old town, for thr rustic ct Ger
man forests. These longinwS drrpcnrd
until they made him i'll. lie learned
through correspondence that the Vine
wreathed house stood Vacant and was
for sale. He purchased it gladly. and
settled down within those four walls.
TO him the most beautiful POSSESSION in
the whole world.
The little place was unchanged. He
found his cousin already there. With the
sums he had sent her, she had arran mrd
every thing to his liking.
marianne expressed som" surprise at
sight of the tall cousin she had not met
for twelve years, and whom she had
imagined younger. lNan'S aspect filled
her with horror She wanted him SUBJ
mittCd ut once to the shears of the hair
dresser, but the shaggy RuSsi;.a secuted
this idea, and his master only laughed
ut it.
With strange scnsibility the doctor
now wandered through his native town.
Whole streets had been laid out, mod
crn houses had risen, Il railway station
stood just outside tn" gates. But for
the Vinc-Wre0t house, to which SO
many memories clung, he would again
have wandered FORTH Here sweet
melancholy Y spell detained him.
T.. The lindcn\ was yet standinm-thc
free beneath whose shadow he had read
''hathrmc Won llrilbr0n" with his
pupil. Roses and lilies. syringas and
carnations, whose perfumes had per
Naded the air of university lecture
rooms and greeted him from the
"anSc gardens of LorrcntO-all were
\ srrt-
;. sSsl;?' trc" and rock on his own do
ttt~,g?yRh. &}Hwn TO him; but outside he
& .nnbch +" ~ cldcryrpcopIr OF
u SS&pisheo, 80 Ss5i,y IN d. heir graycs the
Ft' IeNooH W9,,a,,.y,ea sthfqir lgRaccs. \
E5 3Ehad n"~ ~taEerf8 th,e place of the
@ VS. mao . ~ the Red Lion. The
RI dotted sn nonn1a Inc sun Snmmer 1
y t!Ssl %Foathsd house stood
SS, Mss vill4 Inhabited by
2f wealthy. merchant OF
IN Bort town.
~ AkSSurprise of his house
Hi MIlsian doctor showed no
q ils gradeJ aotioh to resume his
III aclarcd that lie must
f'ii sii0' ~ obligations to the
e einlhSe1ing of calls, leav-
lbe such agning parties and
lbat we fS Marianne The
IA he tbfStemplatcd medi-
SSf g him for r.somo
pfase' what was ended
say the peoplecioty. "
y body kno3pt to her dis.
,an = &ped for a
A0'sS' ~ her cousins
that he